Name: Literacy for the 21st Century By Gail Tompkins
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Literacy for the 21st Century: A Balanced Approach by Gail Tompkins

Teaching literacy with a balance of theory and applications. Integrating the best of what we currently know about teaching reading and writing, as well as ideas that will lead us into the future, Literacy for the 21st Century: A Balanced Approach provides the balance of pedagogy and application that teachers need to be successful in the classroom. It covers the fundamental components of literacy, illustrates how to teach skills and strategies, identifies how to differentiate instruction to meet the diverse needs of students today, and supports digital teaching and learning. An emphasis is placed on preparing readers to become teachers who will ensure their students meet grade-level standards. The Seventh Edition provides the theoretical background and most contemporary and practical approaches for literacy instruction-everything readers need to create a classroom climate that allows all students to flourish. NOTE: Before purchasing, check with your instructor to ensure you select the correct ISBN. Several versions of Pearson's products exist for each title*, and registrations are not transferable. This title is also available in Revel, which may be required by your instructor. Please check with your instructor prior to purchasing. To purchase this title packaged with Revel, use this package ISBN: 0134813650 / 9780134813653, Literacy for the 21st Century: A Balanced Approach, with Revel Package consists of: 0134303202 / 9780134303208 Revel for Literacy for the 21st Century: A Balanced Approach --Access Card 0134813103 / 9780134813103 Literacy for the 21st Century: A Balanced Approach *Revel features such as embedded videos, exercises, and quizzes are only available in the Revel format. They are not available in third-party eTexts or downloads.

About Gail Tompkins

Gail E. Tompkins is Professor Emerita at California State University, Fresno. Currently, she works with teachers in their kindergarten through eighth-grade classrooms and leads staff-development programs on reading and writing. Dr. Tompkins was inducted into the California Reading Association's Reading Hall of Fame in recognition of her accomplishments in the field of reading, and she's received the prestigious Provost's award for Excellence in Teaching at California State University, Fresno. Dr. Tompkins is the author of six other books published by Pearson: Language Arts: Patterns of Practice, Language Arts Essentials, Teaching Writing: Balancing Process and Product, 50 Literacy Strategies, and two grade-specific versions of this text: Literacy in the Early Grades: A Successful Start for PreK-4 Readers and Writers and Literacy in the Middle Grades: Teaching Reading and Writing to Fourth Through Eighth Graders. During the past three decades, Dr. Tompkins has also worked with kindergarten through college-level writing teachers at National Writing Project sites in California and Oklahoma.

BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS PART ONE Literacy in the 21st Century 1 Chapter 1 Becoming an Effective Literacy Teacher Chapter 2 The Reading and Writing Processes Chapter 3 Assessing Literacy Development PART TWO Components of Literacy Development Chapter 4 The Youngest Readers and Writers Chapter 5 Cracking the Alphabetic Code Chapter 6 Developing Fluent Readers and Writers Chapter 7 Expanding Academic Vocabulary Chapter 8 Promoting Comprehension: Reader Factors Chapter 9 Promoting Comprehension: Text Factors PART THREE Organizing for Instruction Chapter 10 Organizing for Instruction Chapter 11 Differentiating for Success PART FOUR Compendium of Instructional Procedures Chapter 12 Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS PART ONE Literacy in the 21st Century 1 Chapter 1 Becoming an Effective Literacy Teacher 4 PLAN: Preview the Learning Outcomes 4 Principle 1: Effective Teachers Understand How Students Learn 6 Behaviorism 6 Constructivism 6 Sociolinguistics 8 Information Processing 10 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 1.1 11 Principle 2: Effective Teachers Support Students' Use of the Cueing Systems 11 The Phonological System 12 The Syntactic System 13 The Semantic System 13 The Pragmatic System 14 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 1.2 14 Principle 3: Effective Teachers Create a Community of Learners 14 Characteristics of a Classroom Community 15 How to Create the Classroom Culture 16 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 1.3 16 Principle 4: Effective Teachers Adopt a Balanced Approach to Instruction 16 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 1.4 19 Principle 5: Effective Teachers Address Standards 19 The Common Core State Standards 19 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 1.5 20 Principle 6: Effective Teachers Scaffold Students' Reading and Writing 21 Modeled Reading and Writing 22 Shared Reading and Writing 23 Interactive Reading and Writing 23 Guided Reading and Writing 23 Independent Reading and Writing 24 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 1.6 24 Principle 7: Effective Teachers Organize for Instruction 24 Guided Reading 25 Basal Reading Programs 25 Literature Focus Units 25 Literature Circles 25 Reading and Writing Workshop 25 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 1.7 28 Principle 8: Effective Teachers Differentiate Instruction 28 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 1.8 29 Principle 9: Effective Teachers Link Instruction and Assessment 29 The Instruction-Assessment Cycle 30 Classroom Assessment Tools 31 High-Stakes Tests 31 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 1.9 31 REVIEW: Teaching Reading and Writing 32 Evaluate & Reflect 32 References 33 Chapter 2 The Reading and Writing Processes 36 PLAN: Preview the Learning Outcomes 36 VIGNETTE: The Reading Process in Action 36 The Reading Process 39 Stage 1: Prereading 41 Stage 2: Reading 42 Stage 3: Responding 44 Stage 4: Exploring 46 Stage 5: Applying 47 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 2.1 47 The Writing Process 48 Stage 1: Prewriting 48 Stage 2: Drafting 50 Stage 3: Revising 51 Stage 4: Editing 52 Stage 5: Publishing 55 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 2.2 58 The Writer's Craft 58 Ideas 58 Organization 58 Voice 59 Word Choice 59 Sentence Fluency 59 Conventions 59 Presentation 60 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 2.3 61 Reading and Writing Are Reciprocal Processes 61 Comparing the Two Processes 61 Classroom Connections 61 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 2.4 62 Literacy Strategies 63 Reading Strategies 63 Digital Reading Strategies 63 Writing Strategies 64 Strategy Instruction 64 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 2.5 65 REVIEW: Teaching the Reading and Writing Processes 66 Evaluate & Reflect 66 References 67 Chapter 3 Assessing Literacy Development 70 PLAN: Preview the Learning Outcomes 70 VIGNETTE: Mrs. McNeal Does Second-Quarter Assessments 70 Classroom Assessment 75 Step 1: Planning for Assessment 75 Step 2: Monitoring Students' Progress 75 Step 3: Evaluating Students' Learning 78 Step 4: Reflecting on Students' Learning 79 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 3.1 80 Diagnostic Tests 80 Determining Students' Reading Levels 81 Diagnosing Students' Strengths and Weaknesses 86 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 3.2 91 High-Stakes Testing 91 Problems With High-Stakes Testing 92 Preparing for Standardized Tests 93 The Politics of High-Stakes Testing 96 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 3.3 96 Portfolio Assessment 96 Collecting Work in Portfolios 97 Involving Students in Self-Assessment 97 Showcasing Students' Portfolios 99 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 3.4 99 REVIEW: Assessing Literacy Development 99 Evaluate & Reflect 100 References 101 PART TWO Components of Literacy Development 103 Chapter 4 The Youngest Readers and Writers 106 PLAN: Preview the Learning Outcomes 106 VIGNETTE: K-3 Students' Literacy Development 106 Nurturing Children's Oral Language Development 111 Oral Language Activities 111 Learning a Second Language 112 The Link Between Oral Language and Literacy 113 Assessing Children's Oral Language 114 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 4.1 114 Fostering an Interest in Literacy 114 Concepts About Print 114 Concepts About Words 115 Concepts About the Alphabet 116 Assessing Children's Concepts About Written Language 119 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 4.2 119 How Children Develop as Readers and Writers 120 Stage 1: Emergent Reading and Writing 120 Stage 2: Beginning Reading and Writing 121 Stage 3: Fluent Reading and Writing 123 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 4.3 125 Instructional Practices 130 Morning Message 130 Shared Reading 133 Language Experience Approach 134 Interactive Writing 136 Manuscript Handwriting 137 Writing Centers 138 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 4.4 139 REVIEW: Teaching the Youngest Readers and Writers 139 Evaluate & Reflect 140 References 140 Chapter 5 Cracking the Alphabetic Code 142 PLAN: Preview the Learning Outcomes 142 VIGNETTE: First Grade Phonics Instruction 142 Phonemic Awareness 146 Phonemic Awareness Strategies 147 Teaching Phonemic Awareness 147 Assessing Children's Phonemic Awareness 154 Why Phonemic Awareness Is Important 155 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 5.1 155 Phonics 155 Phonics Concepts 156 Teaching Phonics 160 Assessing Students' Phonics Knowledge 165 The Role of Phonics in a Balanced Literacy Program 166 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 5.2 166 Spelling 166 Stages of Spelling Development 166 Teaching Spelling 171 Weekly Spelling Tests 175 Assessing Students' Spelling 177 The Controversy About Spelling Instruction 178 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 5.3 179 REVIEW: Assisting Students in Cracking the Alphabetic Code 179 Evaluate & Reflect 180 References 180 Chapter 6 Developing Fluent Readers and Writers 182 Plan: Preview the Learning Outcomes 182 VIGNETTE: High-Frequency Words 182 Reading Fluency 186 Automatic Reading 186 Reading Speed 193 Prosody 194 Assessing Reading Fluency 195 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 6.1 197 Writing Fluency 198 Automatic Writing 198 Writing Speed 199 Writer's Voice 200 Assessing Writing Fluency 201 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 202 Dysfluent Students 202 Older Dysfluent Readers 203 Older Dysfluent Writers 204 Obstacles to Fluency 206 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 6.3 212 REVIEW: Developing Fluent Readers and Writers 212 Evaluate & Reflect 212 References 213 Chapter 7 Expanding Academic Vocabulary 216 PLAN: Preview the Learning Outcomes 216 VIGNETTE: The Word Wizards Club 216 Academic Vocabulary 220 Three Tiers of Words 220 Levels of Word Knowledge 222 Word Consciousness 223 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 7.1 225 Word-Study Concepts 225 Multiple Meanings of Words 225 Synonyms: Words With Similar Meanings 227 Antonyms: Words That Mean the Opposite 227 Homonyms: Words That Confuse 228 Root Words and Affixes 229 Etymologies: Word Histories 232 Figurative Meanings 233 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 7.2 236 Teaching Students to Unlock Word Meanings 236 Word Walls 236 Explicit Instruction 238 Word-Study Activities 238 Word-Learning Strategies 241 Incidental Word Learning 243 The Role of Oral Language 244 Assessing Students' Vocabulary Knowledge 245 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 7.3 247 REVIEW: Expanding Students' Academic Vocabulary 247 Evaluate & Reflect 247 References 248 Chapter 8 Promoting Comprehension: Reader Factors 250 PLAN: Preview the Learning Outcomes 250 VIGNETTE: Ms. Ali Teaches Comprehension Strategies 250 What Is Comprehension 255 Reader and Text Factors 256 Text Complexity 256 Prerequisites for Comprehension 258 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 8.1 259 Comprehension Strategies 259 Activating Background Knowledge 260 Connecting 261 Determining Importance 261 Drawing Inferences 262 Evaluating 263 Monitoring 264 Predicting 265 Questioning 265 Repairing 266 Setting a Purpose 266 Summarizing 266 Visualizing 266 Comprehension Skills 267 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 8.2 268 Teaching Students About Reader Factors 268 Explicit Instruction 269 Developing Comprehension Through Reading 273 Assessing Reader Factors 278 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 8.3 280 Motivation 281 Teachers' Role 281 Students' Role 282 How to Engage Students 283 Assessing Motivation 284 Comparing Capable and Less Capable Students 285 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 8.4 286 REVIEW: Teaching About Reader Factors 287 Evaluate & Reflect 287 References 288 Chapter 9 Promoting Comprehension: Text Factors 290 PLAN: Preview the Learning Outcomes 290 VIGNETTE: Reading and Writing About Frogs 290 Text Factors of Stories 294 Formats of Stories 294 Narrative Genres 295 Elements of Story Structure 299 Narrative Devices 304 Looking at the Text Factors in a Story 306 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 9.1 306 Text Factors of Nonfiction 306 Nonfiction Genres 306 Expository Text Structures 308 Nonfiction Features 308 Looking at the Text Factors in a Nonfiction Book 311 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 9.2 311 Text Factors of Poetry 311 Formats of Poetry Books 311 Poetic Forms 313 Poetic Devices 316 Looking at the Text Factors in a Book of Poetry 317 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 9.3 317 Teaching About Text Factors 317 Mini-lessons 318 Comprehension Strategies 318 Reading and Writing Activities 319 Assessing Text Factors 320 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 9.4 320 REVIEW: Facilitating Students' Comprehension of Text Factors 320 Evaluate & Reflect 321 References 321 PART THREE Organizing for Instruction 325 Chapter 10 Organizing for Instruction 328 PLAN: Preview the Learning Outcomes 328 VIGNETTE: A Yearlong Author Study 328 Conducting Guided Reading Lessons 332 Components 332 Reading Strategies 333 Instructional Materials 334 Applying the Reading Process 334 Managing Guided Reading 334 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 10.1 334 Teaching With Basal Reading Programs 335 Components 335 Instructional Materials 337 Applying the Reading Process 338 Managing a Basal Reading Program 339 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 10.2 340 Teaching With Literature Focus Units 340 Steps in Developing a Unit 341 Units Featuring a Picture Book 343 Units Featuring a Novel 343 Units Featuring a Genre 343 Units Featuring an Author 345 Managing Literature Focus Units 346 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 10.3 346 Orchestrating Literature Circles 346 Key Features of Literature Circles 346 Implementing Literature Circles 350 Using Literature Circles With Young Children 351 Applying the Reading Process 351 Managing Literature Circles 352 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 10.4 352 Implementing Reading and Writing Workshop 353 Reading Workshop 354 Applying the Reading Process 358 Writing Workshop 359 Applying the Writing Process 361 Managing a Workshop Classroom 362 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 10.5 363 REVIEW: Organizing for Instruction 363 Evaluate & Reflect 364 References 364 Chapter 11 Differentiating for Success 366 PLAN: Preview the Learning Outcomes 366 VIGNETTE: Classroom Interventions 366 Ways to Differentiate Instruction 371 Grouping for Instruction 372 Tiered Activities 374 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 11.1 384 Struggling Readers and Writers 384 Struggling Readers 384 Struggling Writers 385 High-Quality Instruction 385 Interventions 389 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 11.2 394 REVIEW: Differentiating Literacy Instruction 394 Evaluate & Reflect 394 References 395 PART FOUR Compendium of Instructional Procedures 435 Anticipation Guides 436 Book Talks 437 Choral Reading 438 Cloze Procedure 439 Collaborative Books 440 Double-Entry Journals 441 Exclusion Brainstorming 442 Grand Conversations 443 Hot Seat 444 Interactive Read-Alouds 445 Interactive Writing 447 KWL Charts 448 Language Experience Approach 450 Learning Logs 452 Making Words 454 Mini-lessons 455 Open-Mind Portraits 456 Possible Sentences 457 Prereading Plan 458 Question-Answer-Relationships 460 Chapter 12 Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum 398 PLAN: Preview the Learning Outcomes 398 VIGNETTE: Third Graders' Multigenre Projects 398 Learning Tools 402 Reading to Learn 403 Writing to Learn 405 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 12.1 408 Demonstrating Learning 408 Reports 409 Essays 411 Poems 411 Multigenre Projects 413 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 12.2 415 Content Area Textbooks 415 Textbook Features 415 Making Textbooks More Comprehensible 416 Learning How to Study 418 Why Aren't Content Area Textbooks Enough? 421 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 12.3 421 Thematic Units 421 How to Develop a Unit 422 A First Grade Unit on Trees 425 A Fourth Grade Unit on Desert Ecosystems 425 A Sixth Grade Unit on Ancient Egypt 426 MONITOR: Check Your Understanding 12.4 426 REVIEW: Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum 433 Evaluate & Reflect 433 References 434 Quickwriting 461 RAFT 463 Readers Theatre 464 Reading Logs 465 Revising Groups 466 Rubrics 468 Running Records 470 Semantic Feature Analysis 471 Shared Reading 472 Sketch-to-Stretch 473 Story Boards 474 Story Retelling 476 Sustained Silent Reading 478 Tea Party 479 Think-Alouds 480 Word Sorts 481 Word Walls 483 Glossary 487 Index 493

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Literacy for the 21st Century: A Balanced Approach by Gail Tompkins

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